Grad Slam 2018
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
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A stormwater solution
Joseph Charbonnet
UC Berkeley
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At the mouth of health access
Tooka Zokaie
UC Davis
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Info at your fingertips: an at-home cancer test
Alana Ogata
UC Irvine
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Social identity from ancient Egypt to modern times
Marissa Stevens
UCLA
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Reversing antibiotic resistance
Portia Mira
UC Merced
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A rapid blood test for stroke
Jessica Noll
UC Riverside
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Language and synesthesia
Nicholas Root
UC San Diego
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Don’t go breaking my heart … again
Yiqi Cao
UCSF
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A safer world with fewer regrettable chemicals
Mengya Tao
UC Santa Barbara
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Decoding Earth’s erratic history
Kimberley Kanani Bitterwolf
UC Santa Cruz